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- Title
Morphological Characteristics and Explosive Power of Athlete and Non-Athlete.
- Authors
Saha, S.
- Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the effect of morphological characteristics i.e. somatotype and body composition variables on explosive power of college level men students. Methods: For this purpose 500 young college students were selected and divided into two equal groups: athletes undergoing Bachelor of Physical Education course (n= 250) aged 23.86 ± 0.36 years; and non-athletes, college students do not take part regular physical activities (n=250) aged 22.16 ± 0.88 years. The somatotype was assessed using the Heath & Carter method. Assessing body composition of the subject various anthropometric measurements were taken. Sargent vertical jump test was used to assess leg explosive power. The measures were compared between the two groups using the Student t-test for independent samples. Results: The two groups differed significantly in terms of body weight, % body fat, lean body mass, % skeletal muscle mass and somatotype. The vertical jump was positively significantly correlated with % skeletal muscle mass, lean body mass, mesomorphy and ectomorphy components of somatotype; on the other hand body weight, height, % body fat, body surface area and endomorphy component of somatotype significantly negatively correlated. Conclusions: It may be concluded that,, somatotype and body composition variables are important factors in determining leg explosive power.
- Publication
Archives of Exercise in Health & Disease, 2015, Vol 5, Issue 1/2, p354
- ISSN
1647-1652
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5628/aehd.v5i1-2.174